Weather: 0C to 6C Showers After a successful visit to Munich to pick up our Carnet for the vehicle (needed in Africa) we headed across Germany and France on our way back to the UK. The French Unions were doing their best to reduce fuel supplies to a trickle as we motored along the French/German, French/Belgium boarders, but with a range of nearly 2000klm in our two fuel tanks we comfortably made it back to the UK without having to search out a fuel station wi...

Darwen not Darwin Weather: Nights 10C/Day 18C Well, the camper finally arrived on British soil. One week late, but better late than never as the saying goes! And as good as when we left her in the hands of the shipping agent in the States. All up nearly four weeks and A$3600.00 including customs clearance (for those who need to know). Those of you with an interest, will notice from the photos that the camper was reversed into the container in the USA. I mana...

Well there you go! Just when I was starting to heap praise on the place it all starts to go to the toilet. Our southward progress has been hampered by an explosion in the population. After crossing that invisible line that separates Scotland from England the B/sq mtr (Brits per square metre) ratio has gone through the roof. The villages that in Scotland were villages have now morphed into towns with increasingly greater levels of heavy industry. We are stil...

Well, the Scottish country side is starting to redeem itself. More trees means more birds, not many more, but more. One of these birds is the Grouse. Apparently the Grouse is a nice bird. Nice to eat that is, as on the 12th August or about each year, they start to try to exterminate the species. The deer are also great sport in the highlands and are a real earner for the local Lord of the Manor. Some of the small villages on the Isle of Skye and to the South...

Tongue, North Coast, Scotland Our arrival at Edinburgh signaled the start of our stint of serviced accommodation and the use of a hire car. In the US apart from 8 nights in Vancouver while waiting for the truck to arrive, 1 night in Denver getting the truck serviced, and 2 nights in New Jersey arranging the shipping to the UK, the other 82 nights were spent in the camper. So far our experiences regarding the B and B's has generally been favourable, but due to ...